Fort Bend County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joseph Smith, Fort Bend County, Texas, 1868
Joseph Smith registered to vote in Fort Bend County on January 30, 1868. He reported 5 years in Texas. Fort Bend County registered 1,360 freedmen in 1867, 81% of its voters.
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 30 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Fort Bend County
Joseph Smith
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joseph Smith
- County of registration
- Fort Bend County
- Registered
- January 30, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Fort Bend County
- 30 years
Other freedmen named Smith in Fort Bend County
- Abe Smithreached Texas about 1866
- Andrew Smithreached Texas about 1835
- Ben Smithreached Texas about 1858
- Charlton Smithreached Texas about 1866
- Collin Smithreached Texas about 1866
Smiths elsewhere in Texas
Sources
This entry comes from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration, the Texas Secretary of State registration lists held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. It sits on page 34 of the Fort Bend County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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